Promoting public awareness and making national representation
Social Inclusion Group

The Social Inclusion Committee is one of the ADES standing committees accountable to the ADES Executive Committee. It provides a forum to:


• Discuss current issues
• Compare policies and practices between Councils
• Monitor progress
• Gather and represent matters of concern

Our remit includes a range of aspects of inclusion:
• Disability Discrimination
• Additional Support for Learning
• Child Protection
• Equalities
• Pupil Support
• Flexibility in the curriculum/NEET
• Mental Health
• Interagency practice/integrated services

In the four meetings scheduled for 2006-07 the focus of the sub committee will be on:

• Implementation of the ASL Act
• Child Protection reform and quality assurance
• Integrated inspection of children’s services
• An organisational development approach to inclusion

 

Committee Members

  • Bryan Kirkaldy (Chair)                               Fife                        
  • Carol Kirk (Secretary)                               North Ayrshire
  • Anne Pearson                                           Stirling
  • Alan Dunsire                                              Moray                    
  • John McVie                                                Dumfries & Galloway
  • Anne Donaldson                                        North Lanarkshire 
  • Martin Doherty                                           Renfrewshire
  • Bryan Paterson                                         West Lothian
  • Stephen Iliffe                                              Highland                
  • Margaret Orr                                              Glasgow
  • Maria Lucia MacConnachie                       Borders
  • Trevor Baxter                                            Falkirk
  • John Simmons                                          East Dunbartonshire (interim contact)
  • -                                                                 Edinburgh
  • -                                                                 East Ayrshire

 

News

Mon 01 Mar 2010
The mentoring scheme for newly appointed Directors and Heads of Service is now well-established under the leadership of Jim Anderson.
Thu 01 Jul 2010
Open this item to read the ADES Position Paper on the Early Years Framework

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